Expression of mammalian defensin genes

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 779-784

  Kaiser, V ^a   Diamond, G ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Host defense; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DEFENSIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-DELTA; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; DEFENSINS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MAMMALS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUTROPHILS; NF-KAPPA B; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033669922     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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